O'rourke Schof Family Foundation
Fort Wayne, IN · EIN 35-6437238. Reported 70 grants totalling $905,000 to 43 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. O'rourke Schof Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $20,000; the smallest was $2,500 and the largest $40,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra | Fort Wayne, IN | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Turnstone Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Lutheran Social Services of Indiana | Fort Wayne, IN | $50,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| St Mary's Catholic Church | Fort Wayne, IN | $43,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mustard Seed Furniture Bank | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Pearl Arts Music Academy | Fort Wayne, IN | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Patrick's Catholic Church | Fort Wayne, IN | $38,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank Attn Carmen Cumberland Ceo | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fort Wayne Zoological Society | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Health Clinics | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Pearl Arts Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St John the Baptist Catholic Church | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Vincent Village | Fort Wayne, IN | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Blue Jacket Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Embassy Theatre Foundation Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lc Nature Park Inc | Roanoke, IN | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Society of St Vincent De Paul | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Specialty Tutoring | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Stillwater Foundation | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Visiting Nurse | Fort Wayne, IN | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Matthew 25 Health and Care | Fort Wayne, IN | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| St Mary's Soup Kitchen | Fort Wayne, IN | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Early Childhood Alliance | Fort Wayne, IN | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Audiences Unlimited Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cancer Services of Allen County Inc | Forst Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cancer Services of Northeast Indian | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Harvest Food Bank | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Fort Wayne Civic Theatre | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Lutheran Life Village | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| PBS Fort Wayne | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Scan | Fort Wayne, IN | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Catholic Charities | Fort Wayne, IN | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| History Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Super Shot Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Alive Community Outreach | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Cass Housing | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cross Connections Inc | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Give Hear | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Iris Family Support Center | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Just Neighbors Ihn | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Vincent House | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wellspring Interfaith Social Svcs | Fort Wayne, IN | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fort Wayne Trails | Fort Wayne, IN | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
13 of 43 (30%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 45%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Pearl Arts Music Academy
MUSIC EQUIPMENT AND EDUCATION - Embassy Theatre Foundation Inc
WINDOW REPLACEMENT PROJECT - Lc Nature Park Inc
EDUCATIONAL SIGNS AND DISPLAYS - Catholic Charities
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS COUNSELING PROGRAM - Wellspring Interfaith Social Svcs
SERVICES FOR FAMILIES IN NEED
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | $228,000 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 20 | $241,500 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 16 | $207,500 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 17 | $228,000 | $10,000 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Indiana.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from O'rourke Schof Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 6851 W Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN, 46804. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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